Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Commissioner Sparks of the Land Office
Apparently in Tight Place-His
Resignation Probable.
The Air Full of Rumors of Ruptures of
Good Feeling Between Washington
Observation-Disclosures Denial.
Occasional Correspondence.

Occasional Correspondence.
WAsHN GToN, March 2I.-It seems that
Commissioner Sparks of the Land Office
has at last got himself in tight place,
which may ultimately lead to his resigna-
ton. Practitioners before the bureau
ever since bis accession to the office have
been hoping that something would turn
up 20 lead him into other fields. The
latest story that he wrote to
personal friend in New York state,
saying that he would do all in
his power to defeat Cleveland's
denomination and to secure the nOmina-
ton of Governor Hill, seems 20 be very
generally accepted about here as contain
ing great deal Of truth. 1t is true that
the Commissioner has denied any founda-
ton for the TumOr, but still people
around the capital, who seem TO know
pretty well what is going on, say that
there is more fact than fiction in the story
The Commissioner has also set the pot to
boiling in the Treasury Department. He
has charged the Assistant Comp
troller with the authorship of GER
tain official correspondence rejecting
upon his action in a land claim, pending
in his office, in which he says the assist
ant official was interested, and publicly
says that the Deputy Comp roller has no
right to the position he holds, and should
| be removed at once. Mr.. Garrison, in
defense, publishes card, saying that the
Comptroller himself conducted the CORE
! spOndenCe, as the record shows. Mr..
| Sparks seems TO possess the faculty Of
quarreling with all his official brothers,
and you need not be surprised any day to
hear of his resignation.
! Ever since Congress adjourned the air
has been full of rumOrs of official misdO-
| ings, and ruptures of good feeling be-
tween Washington officials. In connec-
ton with the resignation of Commissioner
Of Patents Montgomery, he was reported
| to have said, in an interview with a news
paper man, that Congressman and Sena-
| tors bored the life out of him in soliciting
appointments for friends, and that they
were more importunate in soliciting
appointments for women whom
they mad never met before
coming to Washington than
! for any other class of favor seekers Mr.
! Montgomery has, however, vetgemphat-,
ically denied ever having shtertaiued
such a thought, much less giving utter
anCe to such scandal, and says turtle
that his sole reason for surrendering his
| honorable Office is to engage in the prac-
tice of law again before his old practice is
completely scattered and lost His many
friends here have hopespthat he viii re-
celve the nomination fafz Congress- when
the time for making a6ninanpn5 again
| rolls around. = ~
Another rumor without foeddation was
| to the effect that Sergeant=kt-A ARMS Gina
day of the Senate was found to be .shsrt
! in his accounts, and that he was gufIty Of
| borrowing money Of all his subOrdinates
without returning it, The truth is, Mr..
| Canaday has nothing to do with the dis
! bursements of money, as none passes
through his hands, and so he mas no aC-
counts in which to "be short" So far
as the other part Of the rumOr Is con-
cerned the affable and generous Sergeant
alarms is cOnsta thy lending instead OF
| borrowing money, as heknOWs to his sOr-
row.
Secretary Endicott also, denies that
| there is anv unpieasantness between him
and the President, or that he has any in
| tention of resi9ning. There has been
some sligh5 disagreement between him
self and the newly appointed Surgeon
| General of the Army, General Moore,
about some changes in the office of the
Surgeon General, but even that is not of
8 serious nature, and under no Circum-
stances would it affect the cordial and
friendly relations between the Secretary
and the President.
All these rumors have for their origin
the fertile and imaginative brains of
newsy correspondents who are suffering
for the want of spicy debates in Congress
and the personal "reminiscences and Cos
Esip of members of Congress TO write
about.